Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Overcoming our fears with the help of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit does not work by chance, and healing that is of Him always works. Unless the healer always heals by Him the results will vary. Yet healing itself is consistent, since only consistency is conflict-free, and only the conflict-free are whole. By accepting exceptions and acknowledging that he can sometimes heal and sometimes not, the healer is obviously accepting inconsistency. He is therefore in conflict, and is teaching conflict. Can anything of God not be for all and for always? Love is incapable of any exceptions. Only if there is fear does the idea of exceptions seem to be meaningful. Exceptions are fearful because they are made by fear. The “fearful healer” is a contradiction in terms, and is therefore a concept that only a conflicted mind could possibly perceive as meaningful. T-7.V.5:1-10
A Course in Miracles (pp. 254-255). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
Jesus never condemned people for sinning, but He often would chastise them saying “Oh ye of little faith….” In the above passage Jesus tells us that when we work through the Holy Spirit healing always works. The barrier and obstacle interfering with healing is fear. When the healer is fearful, the healer is conflicted. When Carl Jung was asked if he believed in God, Carl is reported to have said something like “No, I don’t believe in God. I know there is God.” When we know, there is no room for belief. Belief at this point of knowing is irrelevant.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. Truth is found in knowing, and knowing comes from the Holy Spirit. This knowing is an experience not an intellectual understanding. As St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Corinthians, “If God is with you, who can be against you?”
Today it is suggested that we be aware of our fears which interfere with our healing and master them and overcome them with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof announces the formation of the North American Unitarian Association.
Rev. Dr. Todd Elkof gave a sermon on 12/04/22 about the formation of the North American Unitarian Association.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
What do we have in common with those with whom we interact?
Healing only strengthens. Magic always tries to weaken. Healing perceives nothing in the healer that everyone else does not share with him. Magic always sees something “special” in the healer, which he believes he can offer as a gift to someone who does not have it. He may believe that the gift comes from God to him, but it is quite evident that he does not understand God if he thinks he has something that others lack. T-7.V.4:1-5
A Course in Miracles (p. 254). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
The ego wants us to believe we are special. A drop of the ocean is like every other drop. Our essence is what we have in common, not what makes us different. We are all part of God, our Transcendent Source.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. There is nothing special in any one of us about this since we are all parts of the whole. We are holy.
Today it is suggested that we drop the pretense that we are special and look for what we have in common with everyone with whom we interact.
Monday, December 5, 2022
Seek for what we have in common with others.
The body in the service of the ego can hurt other bodies, but this cannot occur unless the body has already been confused with the mind. This situation, too, can be used either for healing or for magic, but you must remember that magic always involves the belief that healing is harmful. This belief is its totally insane premise, and so it proceeds accordingly. T-7.V.3:5-7
A Course in Miracles (p. 254). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
We humans divide the world into us and them, me and the other, you and I. We perceive our bodies as mechanisms of division and forget that in our minds we are one.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to respect the interdependent web of all existence. We recognize that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It is the recognition of this whole which is healing.
Today it is suggested that we rise above our separate selves and seek for what we have in common with others.
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